Cobbs was taken to UPMC McKeesport where police say he was pronounced dead.

McKeesport police said Cobbs crossed about 50 feet before the crosswalk where buses were approaching the intersection.

The accident scene is in the same area where Alyson Higdon, an eighth-grade student at the middle school, was struck and killed by a dump truck while crossing the street in March 2014.

Higdon and Cobbs were in the same grade level and now classmates are mourning two students.

"It's sick because it did happen in the same spot and they died so young, like we're only in 10th grade," McKeesport sophomore Autumn Snyder said. "They didn't even get to graduate high school."

Parents in the community say something should have been done after Higdon's death.

"They tried to get a crossing guard and nothing ever happened," William Caudill said.

"They need somebody up here because it shouldn't have happened in the first place."

Allegheny County homicide detectives are investigating. An autopsy for Cobbs is scheduled for Friday.

McKeesport School District spokeswoman Kristen M. Davis released the following statement:

"There are no words that can describe how devastated we are at the passing of one of our students. Unspeakable tragedies such as this are something that stay with us forever. We have been working over the past two years with PennDOT and the city of McKeesport to make the area around our campus safer. District administrators are with the friends and family of the student and we hope that everyone keeps them, and our community, in your thoughts and prayers. Counseling for any of our students is always available and will be accessible tomorrow morning to any student who feels that they would benefit from it."

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